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US20200232267A1
US20200232267A1 US16/482,968 US201716482968A US2020232267A1 US 20200232267 A1 US20200232267 A1 US 20200232267A1 US 201716482968 A US201716482968 A US 201716482968A US 2020232267 A1 US2020232267 A1 US 2020232267A1
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    • E05F15/622—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for swinging wings operated by push-pull mechanisms using screw-and-nut mechanisms
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    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
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    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
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  • the disclosure relates to a spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle, to a corresponding spindle drive and to a drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle.
  • closure element of a motor vehicle.
  • closure elements can be, for example, doors, in particular sliding doors, or flaps, in particular tailgates, trunk lids, engine hoods, luggage compartment floors or the like, of a motor vehicle.
  • closure element is to be understood in broad terms in the present case.
  • spindle drives DE 10 2014 117 008 A1
  • each of said spindle drives having a tube-like drive housing and, in the drive housing, a spindle unit in the form of a spindle/spindle nut mechanism which has, as mechanism partners, a spindle and a spindle guide bush in the form of a spindle nut.
  • a drive unit with a drive motor which drives the spindle to rotate, possibly via an intermediate gear mechanism.
  • the problem underlying the disclosure is to reduce the production outlay for a drive arrangement having an active side and having a passive side.
  • a drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle for example a tailgate, which, unlike in the prior art, does not have a completely different construction from the active side, but there is provided a construction which has substantially the same design as that of the active side and is in particular at least substantially structurally identical.
  • the proposed (manual or non-motor-operated) spindle drive of the passive side also has a tube-like drive housing and, in the drive housing along the spindle axis, a spindle unit with a spindle guide bush and a spindle movably mounted therein, a first drive connection and a second drive connection which is linearly displaceable or with respect to the latter being provided to generate the drive movements, a spindle guide tube being connected to the first drive connection and forming, together with the first drive connection, a first drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle guide bush of the spindle unit, and a connecting element being connected to the second drive connection and forming, together with the second drive connection, a second drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle of the spindle unit.
  • the spindle is mounted in the spindle guide bush in such a way that it is purely linearly movable in the spindle guide bush.
  • the spindle and/or spindle guide bush are/is in particular threadless.
  • the spindle interacts with the spindle guide bush in such a way that the spindle can carry out a purely translational movement, that is to say a rotation-free movement, in the spindle guide bush.
  • the spindle has no spindle external thread and/or the spindle guide bush has no spindle nut internal thread
  • the spindle and/or spindle guide bush of the proposed spindle drive can otherwise be structurally identical to the spindle or spindle guide bush of the active side. In particular, the same dimensions and/or the same material can be provided.
  • Various embodiments relate to possibilities of the structural design of the proposed spindle drive which optimize the fundamental operating principle of assisting an active side.
  • the spindle drive has a spacer bush which forms or occupies a space, in particular annular space, in the drive housing.
  • “Forms” means in this context that a free, that is say unfilled, space is created by the spacer bush, whereas “occupies” means that this space is filled by the spacer bush, that is to say the material of the spacer bush completely occupies this space.
  • the space formed or occupied by the spacer bush can extend axially in a region between the second drive connection and the tubular spring guide and/or outer spring, the outer spring optionally bearing axially against the spacer bush.
  • the spacer bush particularly fills the space which would be taken over by a spindle drive motor, and possibly downstream intermediate gear mechanism, in the case of a motor-operated spindle drive of the active side.
  • the space formed or occupied by the spacer bush can have dimensions within which a spindle drive motor, and possibly downstream intermediate gear mechanism, of a drive unit is arranged.
  • the proposed spindle drive does not require a drive unit, in the case that the spacer bush forms a free space, there is in particular also no spindle drive motor and no intermediate gear mechanism arranged in the space.
  • the spacer bush and a housing portion of the drive housing and/or the tubular spring guide are formed as a one-piece component, thereby further simplifying the assembly of a proposed spindle drive.
  • the one-piece component particularly forms a spring-receiving tube which has a peripheral double wall, a receiving space for the outer spring being formed in the intermediate space between the inner and the outer wall.
  • the outer wall is then a constituent part of the drive housing which, according to the proposal, can be of multipart design, in particular two-part design, with telescopic housing portions.
  • Various embodiments relate to a separate braking device of the spindle drive that assists in holding the closure element in the open position or in intermediate positions and in this way also correspondingly relieves the spindle drive of the active side.
  • “Separate braking device” means here that it causes a braking action which occurs in addition to the necessarily occurring friction between spindle and spindle guide bush.
  • the separate braking device assists the braking by virtue of the fact that it can generate a supplementary braking force, in particular a frictional force.
  • the supplementary braking force particularly has the decisive influence on the braking action, that is to say the supplementary braking force is in particular greater than the frictional engagement necessarily occurring between spindle and spindle guide bush.
  • a spacer bush is formed as a one-piece component together with a housing portion of the drive housing and/or of a tubular spring guide also in a spindle drive for the active side of a drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle.
  • the one-piece component particularly forms a spring-receiving tube, as already described above, with a radially peripheral double wall, a receiving space for the outer spring being provided between inner wall and outer wall.
  • Such a one-piece component or spring-receiving tube also simplifies the production of a motor-operated spindle drive which has a spindle unit in the form of a spindle/spindle nut mechanism and a drive unit with a drive motor which is connected downstream of the spindle/spindle nut mechanism in terms of drive.
  • a drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle with at least two spindle drives is disclosed, the first of the spindle drives being designed like the above-described manual spindle drive and having no drive unit.
  • a second of the spindle drives can have a drive unit with a drive motor which is connected downstream of the spindle unit in terms of drive.
  • the second of the spindle drives can be otherwise structurally identical to the first of the spindle drives, that is to say that, in some embodiments, at least the tube-like drive housing, in particular the plurality of housing portions, and/or the spindle guide tube and/or the tubular spring guide and/or the outer spring and/or the inner spring are structurally identical in a first and second of the spindle drives.
  • the second of the spindle drives is designed as described herein, that is to say as a motor-operator spindle drive with a one-piece component or spring-receiving tube comprising a spacer bush and a housing portion of the drive housing and/or a tubular spring guide which radially surrounds the spindle guide tube and/or the spindle.
  • the spacer bush particularly forms a space which extends axially in a region between the second drive connection and the tubular spring guide and/or outer spring, the outer spring can be bearing axially against the spacer bush.
  • a corresponding drive motor of a drive unit can then be arranged adjacent to the spacer bush or within the spacer bush.
  • the second of the spindle drives of the drive arrangement can have one or more features described above with reference to the first (manual) spindle drive, in particular one or more of the features described above.
  • a spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle for generating linear drive movements along a geometric spindle axis, wherein a tube-like drive housing and, in the drive housing along the spindle axis, a spindle unit with a spindle guide bush and a spindle movably mounted therein are provided, a first drive connection and a second drive connection which is linearly displaceable with respect to the latter being provided to generate the drive movements, a spindle guide tube being connected to the first drive connection and, together with the first drive connection, forming a first drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle guide bush of the spindle unit, and a connecting element being connected to the second drive connection and forming, together with the second drive connection, a second drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle of the spindle unit, wherein the spindle is mounted in the spindle guide bush in such a way that it is purely linearly movable in the spindle guide bush.
  • the spindle guide bush and/or spindle are/is threadless.
  • the spindle has a guide element on a spindle portion, in particular on the free end of the spindle, which is arranged within the spindle guide tube between the first drive connection and the spindle guide bush, which guide element supports the spindle on the spindle guide tube on the inner side, wherein the guide element is configured such that it allows or prevents a pressure equalization between the portion of the spindle guide tube situated axially upstream of the guide element and the portion of the spindle guide tube situated axially downstream of the guide element.
  • the spindle guide bush is configured in such a way that it allows or prevents a pressure equalization between the interior of the spindle guide tube and the surroundings of the spindle guide tube.
  • a tubular spring guide is provided in the drive housing along the spindle axis and radially surrounds the spindle guide tube and/or the spindle, wherein an outer spring, in particular pressure spring, which forms a drive element of the spindle drive and which axially preloads the first drive connection with respect to the second drive connection is mounted, along the spindle axis, at least in certain portions circumferentially on the tubular spring guide, and further wherein the outer spring is arranged in a radial interspace, in particular a radially peripheral interspace, between the tubular guide spring and the drive housing.
  • an inner spring in particular pressure spring, which forms a damping element of the spindle drive and which damps the linear movement of the spindle is mounted radially within the spindle guide tube along the spindle axis.
  • a spacer bush is provided along the spindle axis and forms or occupies a space, in particular annular space, wherein the space formed or occupied by the spacer bush extends axially in a region between the second drive connection and the tubular spring guide and/or outer spring, and further wherein the outer spring bears axially against the spacer bush.
  • the spacer bush and a housing portion of the drive housing and/or the tubular spring guide together form one-piece component.
  • a separate braking device is provided which is configured to bring about braking of a relative movement between spindle and spindle guide bush, wherein the braking device is configured to exert a frictional force on the spindle.
  • a spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle for generating linear drive movements along a geometric spindle axis, a tube-like drive housing and, in the drive housing along the spindle axis, a spindle unit with a spindle guide bush and a spindle movably mounted therein being provided, a first drive connection and a second drive connection which is linearly displaceable with respect to the latter being provided to generate the drive movements, a spindle guide tube being connected to the first drive connection and forming, together with the first drive connection, a first drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle guide bush of the spindle unit, and a connecting element being connected to the second drive connection and forming, together with the second drive connection, a second drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle of the spindle drive, there further being provision that the spindle drive has a drive unit with a drive motor which is connected downstream of the spindle drive in terms of drive, the spindle unit being designed as
  • a drive arrangement for a closure element of a motor vehicle having at least two spindle drives for generating linear drive movements along in each case a geometric spindle axis, in each case a tube-like drive housing and, in the drive housing along the spindle axis, a spindle unit with a spindle guide bush and a spindle movably mounted therein being provided, a first drive connection and a second drive connection which is linearly displaceable with respect to the latter being provided in each case for generating the drive movements, in each case a spindle guide tube being connected to the first drive connection and forming, together with the first drive connection a first drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle guide bush of the spindle unit, and in each case a connecting element being connected to the second drive connection and forming, together with the second drive connection, a second drivetrain component which is connected to the spindle of the spindle unit, wherein a first of the spindle drives is designed as described herein and has no drive unit
  • a second of the spindle drives has a drive unit with a drive motor which is connected downstream of the spindle unit in terms of drive, wherein the spindle unit is designed as a spindle/spindle nut mechanism which has the spindle and the spindle guide bush as mechanism partners, the spindle being a spindle with a spindle external thread and the spindle guide bush being a spindle nut with a spindle nut internal thread, which form a screw engagement with one another, and further wherein the connecting element of the second of the spindle drives transmits a rotational movement generated by the drive motor to the spindle.
  • the second of the spindle drives is otherwise structurally identical to the first of the spindle drives.
  • the spindle drives is designed as described herein.
  • FIG. 1 shows, in a highly schematic illustration, the rear region of a motor vehicle having a proposed drive arrangement which has a proposed manual spindle drive and a proposed motor-operator spindle drive,
  • FIG. 2 shows, in a detail view, a first embodiment of a proposed spindle drive for a passive side in the extended state
  • FIG. 3 shows, in the illustrations a) to c), enlarged details of the spindle drive from FIG. 2 ,
  • FIG. 4 shows, in a detail view, a second embodiment of a proposed spindle drive for the passive side in the retracted state
  • FIG. 5 shows, in the illustrations a) to c), enlarged details of the spindle drive from FIG. 4 .
  • the spindle drives 1 , 1 ′ illustrated in the drawing serve for adjusting a closure element 2 of a motor vehicle, with, by way of example, the spindle drive 1 illustrated on the left in FIG. 1 being a manual spindle drive, that is to say a non-motor-operated spindle drive, and in this respect forming the passive side of the drive arrangement illustrated in FIG. 1 for a closure element 2 , whereas the spindle drive 1 ′ illustrated on the right in FIG. 1 is a motor-operated spindle drive and in this respect forms the active side of the drive arrangement.
  • the spindle drive 1 ′ illustrated on the right in FIG. 1 is a motor-operated spindle drive and in this respect forms the active side of the drive arrangement.
  • closure element reference may be made to the introductory part of the description. In the text which follows, the disclosure will be explained on the basis of a closure element 2 designed as a tailgate.
  • the drive-side spindle drive 1 ′ is equipped with a drive unit which is here electric and which has an electric drive motor and an intermediate gear mechanism connected downstream of the drive motor.
  • a spindle unit 3 Connected downstream of the drive unit overall in terms of drive is a spindle unit 3 which is designed as a spindle/spindle nut mechanism.
  • the spindle unit 3 comprises a spindle guide bush 4 configured as a spindle nut and a spindle 5 mounted movably therein for the purpose of generating linear drive movements between two drive connections 6 , 7 along a geometric spindle axis 8 .
  • the drive connections 6 , 7 are configured as ball sockets which are in engagement with corresponding vehicle-side ball heads.
  • Spindle guide bush 4 and spindle 5 are here mounted in screw engagement with one another and in such a way that a rotational movement transmitted by the drive unit to the spindle 5 brings about a linear movement of the spindle guide bush 4 along the geometric spindle axis 8 relative to the spindle 5 , which in turn causes the closure element 2 , here the tailgate, to be adjusted between the open position illustrated in FIG. 1 and a closed position or intermediate positions, which is/are not illustrated.
  • the further spindle drive 1 is configured as a manual spindle drive and, in various embodiments does not have a drive motor.
  • a further difference between the spindle drives 1 and 1 ′ is that the manual spindle drive 1 has a spindle unit 3 with a spindle guide bush 4 and a spindle 5 mounted movably therein, which are mounted relative to one another in such a way that the spindle 5 can be moved purely linearly in the spindle guide bush 4 , that is to say a displacement of the spindle 5 relative to the spindle guide bush 4 is possible without relative rotational movement between the two components 4 , 5 .
  • the spindle guide bush 4 of the spindle unit 1 has no internal thread. Additionally or alternately, the spindle 5 is also threadless.
  • gas pressure dampers or gas pressure springs are dispensed with, but use is made for the passive side of an easily converted spindle drive which is customarily used on the active side, it is also possible for a power loss over the service life on the passive side to be minimized. There is also no appreciably increase in the friction, as in gas pressure dampers or the like, in the course of the service life. Finally, the proposed solution also produces an acoustic optimization.
  • the spindle drive 1 has, as already explained, a spindle unit 3 with a spindle guide bush 4 and a spindle 5 mounted movably therein, the spindle 5 being mounted in the spindle guide bush 4 so as to be purely linearly movable.
  • the spindle unit 3 is surrounded in the radial direction by a tubular drive housing 9 which is in two parts here, a first housing portion 9 a, also referred to as an outer tube, being linearly guided on a second housing portion 9 b, also referred to as inner tube.
  • a spindle guide tube 10 is connected to the first drive connection 6 within the drive housing 9 and forms, together with the first drive connection 6 , a first drivetrain component 11 which is connected to the spindle guide bush 4 .
  • a second drivetrain component 12 is formed by a connecting element 13 and the second drive connection 7 which is connected to the connecting element 13 . The second drivetrain component is in turn connected to the spindle 5 .
  • the spindle drive 1 is manually actuated by the two drive connections 6 , 7 being displaced relative to one another, the spindle guide bush 4 is correspondingly moved concomitantly relative to the spindle 5 .
  • the spindle 5 has a guide element 16 on a spindle portion 14 , in particular on the free end 15 of the spindle 5 , which is arranged within the spindle guide tube 10 between the first drive connection 6 and the spindle guide bush 4 , which guide element supports the spindle 5 on the spindle guide tube 10 on the inner side.
  • the guide element 16 is configured here in such a way that it allows a pressure equalization between the portion of the spindle guide tube 10 situated axially upstream of the guide element 16 and the portion of the spindle guide tubed 10 situated axially downstream of the guide element 16 .
  • the guide element 16 bears in a sealing manner against the spindle 5 and the spindle guide tube 10 and in this respect prevents a pressure equalization and thus assumes a damping function.
  • the spindle guide bush 4 in turn is here configured in such a way that it allows a pressure equalization between the interior of the spindle guide tube 10 and the surroundings of the spindle guide tube 10 . It is possible, here too, according to a further variant, for the spindle guide bush 4 to be configured in such a way that it prevents a pressure equalization and thus likewise ensures a damping function.
  • a tubular spring guide 17 is also provided in the drive housing 9 along the spindle axis 8 and radially surrounds the spindle guide tube 10 and here also the spindle 5 .
  • An axial portion of an outer spring 18 is mounted circumferentially on the tubular spring guide 17 , which spring forms a drive element 19 of the spindle drive 1 and axially preloads the first drive connection 6 with respect to the second drive connection 7 .
  • the outer spring 18 is a pressure spring 18 here.
  • the outer spring 18 is arranged in a radially peripheral interspace 20 between the tubular spring guide 17 and the drive housing 9 .
  • a second, inner spring 21 which is also a pressure spring 21 , which forms a damping element 22 of the spindle drive 1 and damps the linear movement of the spindle 5 in its end position or before reaching its end position.
  • This inner spring 21 is mounted radially within the spindle guide tube 10 .
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 on the one hand and 4 and 5 on the other hand differ substantially only in terms of the spacer bush 23 , 23 ′ described in more detail below, which spacer bush in the one case forms ( FIG. 3 a ) an annular space 24 , which is here air-filled, and in the other case occupies ( FIG. 5 a ), i.e. completely fills, an annular space 24 ′.
  • the respective annular space 24 , 24 ′ extends axially in a region between the second drive connection 7 and the tubular spring guide 17 and the outer spring 18 , the outer spring 18 here bearing axially against the respective spacer bush 23 , 23 ′.
  • the spacer bush 23 , 23 ′ makes it possible to compensate for or fill the insulation space which, in the case of a motor-operated spindle drive 1 ′, would be filled by a drive motor and possibly an intermediate gear mechanism. In this way, the remaining components of the spindle drive 1 , which are also provided in the spindle drive 1 ′, do not need to be modified, but can be structurally identical. This applies in particular to one or more of the following components: drive housing 9 , tubular spring guide 17 , outer spring 18 , inner spring 21 and spindle guide tube 10 .
  • the spindle guide bush 4 or the spindle 5 to likewise be designed in a structurally identical manner in relation to the other spindle drive 1 ′ as long as it is ensured that the spindle 5 is also purely linearly movable in the spindle guide bush 4 .
  • the spacer bush 23 ′, the housing portion 9 a of the drive housing 9 and the tubular spring guide 17 are designed together in one piece (integrally), thus forming here a one-piece component 25 in the form of a spring-receiving tube.
  • the remaining components of spindle drive 1 and spindle drive 1 ′ can be structurally identical, which applies particularly to the outer spring 18 , the inner spring 21 and/or the spindle guide tube 10 .
  • the spindle guide bush 4 or the spindle 5 is additionally also structurally identical in relation to the other spindle drive 1 ′ as long as a purely linear relative movement between spindle guide bush 4 and spindle 5 is ensured.
  • a separate braking device 26 can be provided in the manual spindle drive 1 according to FIGS. 2 to 5 , which braking device brings about braking of a linear relative movement between spindle drive bush 4 and spindle 5 , the braking can be a continuous braking. This is achieved in particular by a frictional force being exerted on the spindle 5 by friction-braking elements, which are not illustrated here for the sake of clarity.
  • the spindle drive 1 ′ comprises a tube-like drive housing 9 and, in the drive housing 9 along the spindle axis 8 , a spindle unit 3 with a spindle guide bush 4 and a spindle 5 movably mounted therein, a first drive connection 6 and a second drive connection 7 which is linearly displaceable with respect thereto being provided to generate the drive movements, a spindle guide tube 10 being connected to the first drive connection 6 and forming, together with the first drive connection 6 , a first drivetrain component 11 which is connected to the spindle guide bush 4 of the spindle unit 3 , and a connecting element 13 being connected to the second drive connection 7 and forming, together with the second drive connection 7 , a second drivetrain component 12 which is connected to the spindle 5 of the spin
  • a drive unit with a drive motor which is connected downstream of the spindle unit 3 in terms of drive.
  • the spindle unit 3 is designed as a spindle/spindle nut mechanism which has the spindle 5 and the spindle guide bush 4 as mechanism partners, the spindle 5 being a spindle with a spindle external thread and the spindle guide bush 4 being a spindle nut with a spindle nut internal thread, which form a screw engagement with one another.
  • the connecting element 13 which can be a constituent part of the drive motor or of an intermediate gear mechanism of the drive unit, here transmits a rotational movement generated by the drive motor to the spindle 5 .
  • a spacer bush 23 , 23 ′ is provided along the spindle axis 8 , which spacer bush forms a one-piece component 25 together with a housing portion 9 a of the drive housing 9 and/or a tubular spring guide 17 which radially surrounds the spindle guide tube 10 and/or the spindle 5 .

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